Diana and Deg,

Thanks for reassuring me.

As for the number of kills to become certified, could you count other
houseplant kills? I have killed the vast majority of non-orchid houseplants,
and continue doing so at disturbing speed, so maybe we could agree to count
that toward my experience level, say at half value? If 2 other houseplant
kills = 1 orchid kill -- then rgo membership may be bestowed to me if I
kill at least 200 non-orchid houseplants?

Joanna (who feels much better now, though having been brought up Catholic,
regular re-occurrence of guilt is only to be expected, and the orchids do
provide me one way to express it)

"Diana Kulaga" wrote in message
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Don't worry, Joanna! In nature, there are dry spells.

And, to Deg's comment:

Oh, by the way, if you have never killed an orchid, you can only be an
honorary member of this group. Real members have all left a trail of
dead
plants in their wake. :-)

You must have one hundred certified kills before you are full fledged!

Diana